It seems that this motmot is characterized by colonial nesting habits in Campeche, even where abundant sites for individual nesting efforts are available.
"Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula"
Erwin E. Klaas
We may push the argument even further, for the motmot of Brazil is not content with a ready-made tail, but actually strips the web off the two long side feathers with its own beak, except a little patch at the end, so as to get the pattern which Nature, if one must use the phrase, gave to the racket-tailed drongo.
"Concerning Animals and Other Matters"
E.H. Aitken, (AKA Edward Hamilton)